2. “Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America--not on the battlefields of Vietnam.”
-Marshall McLuhan, 1975

3. “How I Learned to Sweep” (By Julia Alvarez)
What was she watching?
Describe the floor.
Who was speaking on tv and about what topic?
What do the terms “dragonflies” and “beautiful green gardens” mean?
What prompted her to sweep harder?
What does “dust” in the poem represent?
What made things clean again?
How does the poem reflect the media’s effect on America’s perception of the war?
Can viewing of actual combat on television affect one’s attitude about war? Explain.

4. Oct 6, 1966

5. Walter Cronkite reporting on Tet Offensive, 1968

6. 1968 (Eddie Adams) General Nguyen Loan, chief
of Vietnamese national police shooting a Vietcong captive

7. 1963: Buddhist Monks Protesting the
conflict occurring in Vietnam

8. Oct 1967

9. Arlington, VA…outside the Pentagon

13. May 3, 1971—The Nixon administration ordered the
arrest of nearly 13,000 anti-war protesters calling
themselves the Mayday Tribe who had begun four
days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C. on the
first. They aimed to shut down the nation's capital
by disrupting morning rush-hour traffic and other
forms of nonviolent direct action, skirmishing with
metropolitan police and Federal troops throughout
large areas of the capital. The slogan of the
Mayday tribe: "If the government won't stop the
[Vietnam] war, we'll stop the government

14. Kent State Shootings

15. Kent State Facts
1. Nixon had announced widening of Vietnam
War previous day

16. 2. Students on campus gathered to protest
3. National Guard was called in to control crowds

17. 4. National Guard opened fire on students

18. Students running as/after shots fired

19. 5. 4 students were killed, 9 injured

21. 4 killed, 9 injured (1 paralyzed)

22. Jackson State Shootings
May 14-15, 1970 A group of student
protesters were confronted by city and state
police. The police opened fire, killing two
students and injuring twelve. This happened
10 days after the Kent State shootings.

23. New York University

24. Political and Social Effect
Vietnam War:
Political and Social Effect

25. 1. Distrust of politicians/military
1973

26. 2. Anti-war/violence movement

28. 3. Counterculture: youths who valued spontaneity and individuality (“hippies”)

36. 4. Returning soldier dislike
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Personnel returning to US (Feb. 15, 1968)

37. 5. Freedom of “choice”—drugs/sexual revolution
1960

38. 6. New fashion styles
PEASANT SKIRTS
GO-GO BOOTS
HIP HUGGERS
TIE DYE

39. 7. Music: Woodstock 1969